Today … Deborah Harry is SEVENTY … YEARS OLD..

blondieWE love you Debbie… you are perfection .. let’s celebrate the life of the Blondie frontman, B-girl, (YESS B-GIRL and we can debate this all day nuugga..) and all around rock goddess today … Here’s to you Ms. Harry  Your awesomeness has not been wasted on us. Nobody has filled her shoes yet and please don’t come over here talmbout Gwen Stefani… Gwen is cool but this here IS DEBBIE DAMNIT. She has left her footprint firmly planted in the foundations of everything from art to music. blondie01We will not even try to break down how many trends she has mothered.  Hell Deborah was  A PLAYBOY BUNNY goshdarnit. I appreciate the fact too that Debbie is simiply growing older, she is not running around here with DDD titties, a snatched grill overdoing it.  Note to Madonna , although you are not quite 70 yet, BISH THIS IS HOW TO DO IT.  She is a powerhouse of a woman then , now and forever. She taught me to “Rip her to Shreds” and also informed me that the “Tide is High” . so covet your seat in the celestial landscape woman. We are forever  inspired… HAPPY FUCKING BIRTHDAY DEBORAH HARRY  sidenote: Aren’t she and Chris Stein just the ultimate in relationship GOALS OMG.. 

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hey Darth Vader and ANOTHER FAB 5 FREDDY CAMEO ALERT:  THE TIDE IS HIGH YO!!!!

Debbie Harry of Blondie at the opening og Blondie in Camera exhibition Mirandy Gallery London 1978

I am not going to disrespect you guys and give you the history of Blondie or Deborah .. if you need enlightenment.. take that ass to Wikipedia… ( some of the basic shit is probably true, ha) Clearly if you are on Bamboobanga YOU ARE KINDA well versed in this braud already .. Let us HOPE .. (side eye ) .. alright .. SMOKE WELL.. and listen to some of our favorite Blondie chunes on the next page ….  yeah yeah RAPTURE is over there… I know that’s what ya want ..  Continue reading

Happy Birthday Pac

No need for a long post… THE WORLD CELEBRATES YOU TODAY PAC.. and over here we we celebrate you all the time….

Past Pac Posts!!  ( yup that’s where some of your favorite joints are ) … Holla if ya hear me, Gotta Get Mine, Hit em Up,  etc..      

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Tupac Shakur The Source Awards. The Paramount Theatre, N.Y.C. April 25, 1994.

Happy Birthday DJ QUIK…

LET”S PITCH IN ON A PARTY FOR THE OG!!! DAVID BLAKE!!!!!

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quik-7-and-eiht2After this shit right here I never thought I would see these two in a flick together.. Whooo that was a  young serving.. I AM JUST SAYIN.. MC EIHT!!!! He told that nigga that THE G WAS NOT IN HIM.. hahahaha.. well.. Glad these two grown men put that shit behind them.. but it made for some SPECTACULAR HIP HOP.. ON ME. I am sure it almost got funky in the street too .. but thankfully it ended well with this glorious song STANDING when the smoke cleared!!!!!

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Happy Birthday First Lady Michelle Obama… Still beautiful and still an inspiration….

michelleglasses Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama.. You are an inspiration.. Continue to thrive and support our fabulous President.. You are a mother, a friend,a wife, a daughter and a positive force . How about the fact that the FLOTUS was once Mr. Presidents BOSS.. lol.. I know that’s right..  I may be biased but it is safe to say that Mrs Obama just may be the best damn First Lady this country HAS EVER HAD!!! … I mean you know Eleanor Roosevelt could not hula hoop nor Teach you how to DOUGIE… and not since Lady O have you ever witnessed a First Lady lookin as fly in designer frames…. CONTINUE TO SERVE.. HAPPY 49TH LADY.. 

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The Greatest….. Happy BornDay Sir.. Muhammad Ali

I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’ 
Muhammad Ali 

HAPPY 70TH BORNDAY … STILL THE GREATEST!!!!

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happy bday Aaliyah.. you are still missed baby girl….

Okay so .. I did a wonderful retrospective on the beautiful  Ms. Haughton , LAST YEAR  on the eve of her passing.. … all of your favorites are there…  Check it Out!!!   oh and if you are looking for that Drake trash.. you won’t find it here.. Sorry.. Check the other blogs.. they got that shit on REPEAT.. AD NAUSEUM.. Carry ON!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MS. AALIYAH DANA  HAUGHTON.. (JULY 16, 1979-August 25, 2001)

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HAPPY BDAY SADE’ ADU.. We Love You!!!

Helen Folasade Adu.. Girl.. I can’t believe your ass is 53.. IMPOSSIBLE..  Hers is a love I have cherished since “84’s Diamond Life.

 Let’s put our hands together and light a spliff for the beautiful Nigerian/British Swan.. SADE…. wow..

sadehairHere at bamboobanga420,  we specialize in all things herb related.. (amongst many other things).. Who here can say that they haven’t gingerly placed their SADE entire catalog in the CD player , rolled a fatty, AND VEGGED THE HELL OUT!!  Not only is she beautiful but she is cool as a the other side of the pillow… I love how she releases an album; like every DECADE.. and falls right back in line with her original nuance.   Sade does not go and retain a rap from Rick Ross, or production of DeadMau5 or whatever the hell is HOT on the pop charts.. She stays eloquently in HER LANE.. and dominates…( I mean there was that remix for “Moon and The Sky” with Jay Z that I did not appreciate).. BUT .. I DIGRESS.. LET’S CELEBRATE.. MS. ADU.. and all of her gifts and simple beauty..

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Happy Bornday Kanye…

…through clenched teeth .. I say this .. LE SIGH.. I am not feeling this Kardashian and Kanye union.. it’s so fake.. but anyhoo.. here is what she allegedly purchased for his 35th bday .. They have been dating roughly a month .. discuss amongst yourselves.. That’s 750,000 yippers of bullshit right there!!

check below.. for Ye’s G.O.O.D MUSIC situation “MERCY”.. it’s dope..

We still fools with you though.. You are somewhat of a genius.. Oh yeah and before we forget .. here is a list of all of the stores that will have those Yeezy II’s They drop June 9th .. and there are all type of covert techniques that will be implemented to purchase these bastards.. WOW..  .. Thanks Complex..

…And Nikki Giovanni just to name a few..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NIKKI GIOVANNI.. YOUR WORDS HAVE QUENCHED OUR THIRSTS AND GIVEN US LIFE.. you must be special.. YOU SHARE A BIRTHDAY WITH PRINCE..LOL..

My personal favorite collection of her poetry comes from “Black Feeling, Black Talk”..   Here is one of my favorites..

The True Import Of Present Dialogue, Black vs. Negro (For Peppe, Who Will Ultimately Judge Our Efforts)
by Nikki Giovanni

Nigger
Can you kill
Can you kill
Can a nigger kill
Can a nigger kill a honkie
Can a nigger kill the Man
Can you kill nigger
Huh? nigger can you
kill
Do you know how to draw blood
Can you poison
Can you stab-a-Jew
Can you kill huh? nigger
Can you kill
Can you run a protestant down with your
’68 El Dorado
(that’s all they’re good for anyway)
Can you kill
Can you piss on a blond head
Can you cut it off
Can you kill
A nigger can die
We ain’t got to prove we can die
We got to prove we can kill
They sent us to kill
Japan and Africa
We policed europe
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Can you kill a white man
Can you kill the nigger
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Ya’ll already know.. it’s June 7.. PRINCE’S 54TH BIRTHDAY!!!!!

No need for much dialogue here lol.. It’s Prince.. He is EVERYTHING.. and he doesn’t look 54… That is all..

ALL THINGS PURPLE… 

Black People who Rock…

Kanye on stage with PRINCE.. 

The Banger Sisters attend several LA .. Prince performances.. 

EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ.. WE SALUTE YOU!!

We Salute You!!!!   I wonder how he would feel about these folks today. I would love to hear HIS commentary today on all sorts of things.. from President Barack Obama to George Zimmerman.. We  apologize for what some of us have become but we celebrate those who have taken heed to your life lessons and EXCELLED.. !!

AGAIN.. East Coast .. this was yesterday.. His birthday was the 19th of May.. CELEBRATE ALL WEEKEND.

Grace Jones is LIFE.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY QUEEN EVERYTHING!!!!

Today is Grace Jones Birthday.. she is timeless.. SHE IS LIFE.. SHE IS 64 !!!

Vintage Grace and Azzedine Alaia

if you are on the East Coast.. Grace’s bday was yesterday .. May 19, (1948).. We worship her each year.. and how awesome that she is A BULL.. and how much doper is it that she shares the birthday with MALCOM X.. both innovators and power movers..  Enjoy all the Grace of of it all from posts past.. BAMBOOBANGA HAS A FRIGGIN GRACE ARCHIVE BITCH HA!!

how awesome is this.. Grace and Jody.. I LIVE I LIVE I LIVE.. !!!!!

Photo courtesy of Ms. Jody Watley

Thank the GODS for GRACE. SIDENOTE: the next muhfucka that compares RHIANNA to Grace Jones.. will be found and FLAYED.. ahem as u were

Happy 64th Tony Iommi

Join Bamboobanga420 in wishing .. Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi  A STRONG HAPPY BIRTHDAY..  let’s also continue to pray that he kicks cancer in the ass!!

this is a dope piece put together to Behind the Wall of Sleep…. Bill Ward’s drum solo is ghetto as hell on this lol.. it’s dope and raw.. when they were youngstaz.. anyhoo enjoy this .. and HAPPY BDAY MR. IOMMI we plan on keeping you here for a long time.. Now here is ..

The Original “War Pigs”..  same music.. different lyrics = WalPurgis…

ya know things like “eating Dead Rats innards”.. THERE IS THE DIFFERENCE LOL..

Happy bornday Raekwon!!!

The Chef is cooking ..  Peace to the God and Have a Happy Born Day..

on this grand day of Knowledge Wisdom..

Now normally we go a little deeper than this as we have been fucking with Rae since Day one.. No time for a retrospective .. so let’s just hit ya’ll with the obvious.. FOR NOW LOL

Some Ice Cream with that Cake..

AND IN OTHER NEWS.. Today is David Bowie’s 65th Birthday.

Everyone wish The White Duke a happy birthday dammit!!! WHY!!! iT’S DAVID FUCKING BOWIE.. and he is married to the real “hottest chick in the game” ..LOL..

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INCREDIBLE…

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NEW YEARS DAY!!!!

yUP..  It’s JANUARY 2nd lol.. BUT..

We weren’t about to be blogging during the HOLIDAY SEASON… WE HAVE LIVES .. and shit we’re stoners and tend to do things at our own pace lol.. so.. with that being said.. HAPPY NEW YEARS TO YA’LL AND…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAY TO BANGER SISTER SuperbbNess.. YES she is a NEW YEARS DAY BABY..so the year starts with her it seems lol.. Her bday was JANUARY 1ST LOL!!!!!

Follow her on twitter… and read her pieces here on bamboobanga420.com

HAPPY NEW YEAR.. and thanks for supporting this thang..

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Happy Birthday Amy.. we miss you dearly …

here is the video of Body and Soul,  from Tony Bennett’s forthcoming album, DUETS 2

“Body and Soul” I mean who else but Amy Winehouse.

WHO THE FUCK ELSE.. I mean this song has been recorded by divas like Billie Holiday, and Sarah Vaughn.. Amy tossed her ring in the basket and pulls it off..  Mr. Bennett  of course made this song a  classic LONG ago… Good to feature Amy in this version..

we love and miss u so much.. words cannot express.. she was a classic..

She and Nas shared the same birthday and had plans to have a joint birthday celebration.. had she still been here..

Amy loved some Nas.. “Me and Mr Jones” was an ode to her favorite emcee.

Nas enjoyed Amy as well and loved her like a sister.  Crazy that they shared the same birthday right?

“She was a genuine person. She was like real,” recalled Nas of the soul songstress, whose song “Me & Mr. Jones” was reportedly written about Nas. “She was struggling with a lot of things in her life, but she was a real artist. She was like a little sister to me. We had the same birthday so she just had this big, big spirit for this little body. I wish she was here today. God bless her soul.” …NAS 

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Happy Born Day Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones… You da Man!!

Nasty Nas, Nastrodamus, Nasir,  he is one of the most important, influential  factors in this life we call Hip HOp… He is on my top 5 emcees list ALWAYS!!! Through beefs , conflict,  chipped teeth and Jay Z.. Nas is still standing and in better form than ever.. Nasty Nas is currently preparing for the release of his memoir “It Ain’t Hard to Tell .

This Harper Collins published novel will undoubtedly be spicy as he dishes on marriages with both Carmen Bryant and Kelis and discusses the infamous “jay-z situation”  as well as his beef with Bill O’ Reilly.

“It Ain’t Hard to Tell” will be co-written by popular journalist/host/producer Toure’.

Sounds dope!!!

Behind the scenes of the “Nasty” video.. first single from “Life is Good”.. TAKE IT TO QUEENS NIGGAZ!

Do we have marijuana??? LOL

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Marcus Say..so Marcus Say.. Happy birthday Marcus Garvey

Marcus Garvey’s birthday is today as well boy would he be embarrassed at the Niggaz today smh!!

 

If the Negro is not careful he will drink in all the poison of modern civilization and die from the effects of it………Marcus Garvey

Realer words have never been spoke.. WHAT A FORECAST SMH!!